SEX THERAPIST: X-RATED STARS POOR IN BED

SEX THERAPIST: X-RATED STARS POOR IN BED

CLAREMONT, Calif. (Wireless Flash) -- A California sex therapist is pulling the sheets off the adult film industry's biggest problem: bad sex. Dr. Don Etkes -- who runs a website called SexEsteem.com -- claims many male porn stars have a hard time getting erections in front of the camera and live in constant fear that it might end their careers. The sex therapist says the "poor performers" are usually stressed out by having to get aroused on cue or they feel inadequate when they're eyeballed by the other male actors. Etkes prescribes techniques such as yoga and meditation to get a guy back in the saddle -- but if those don't work, he teaches X-rated actors "visualization exercises" in which they imagine themselves erect and virile. The exercises reportedly improve self-confidence in porn actors much like a dress rehearsal helps a traditional actor.